As mentioned elsewhere, Dick and his wife Muriel had seven sons. After his retirement, four of these sons, John, Bob, Colin and David continued to run the family engineering business.

Muriel who is now 92 years young is still very active and has recently gone into business raising and selling bonsai plants. She formed a partnership with Katherine Ferris and they operate out of Glenorie under the name of Bonsai MuriKath.

Of their seven sons, the youngest, Philip, died in a car accident at the age of 8. The second eldest, John died at the age of 59 having contracted liver cancer. Jim, the eldest died more recently in July 2004 shortly after his 70th birthday but, until then was active in assisting Muriel and Katherine with the bonsai business.

The remaining sons are well and active:

Frank is very busy in the entertainment field, assisting and promoting young artists. Frank has recently released his autobiography I Remember Me - The first 25 years
To find out more about Frank you can visit his site at: www.frankifield.com

Bob has his own very successful hydraulic and lubrication engineering business and you can find out more at his web site at:
www.hydeneng.com.au

Colin left the engineering business and now, with his partner Katherine, runs Sydney Wellbeing Centre (a natural healing centre). The services offered are Clinical Hypnosis, P.S.H. Therapy (PSH), Body Psychotherapy, HypnoBirthing (Childbirth education), Deep Muscle Therapy, Guided Healing Meditation CDs, and Therapist Assisted Self Healing (Tash Therapy)

They also have an on-line shopping facility at Secure On-line Shopping

- You can find out more at their web site at: www.sydneywellbeing.com -

David, with his partner Deborah runs a private subconscious-mind Healing (P.S.H.) centre. You can find out more by visiting their web site at: www.psh.com.au